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SHOULDER FLEXION ALL

Raise straightened arm to side of head. Long head of biceps brachii, musculocutaneous nerve, insertion distally into radial tuberosity

SHOULDER EXTENSION ALL

Throw arm back past body. long head triceps brachii, radial nerve, insertion into olecranon process of ulna

SHOULDER ABDUCTION ALL

STRAIGHT ARM EXTENDS LATERALLY FROM SIDE. LATERAL DELTOID (ACROMIAL ASPECT) AXILLARY NERVE, ATTACHES TO ACROMION PROCESS OF SCAPULA

SHOULDER ADDUCTION ALL

ARM RETURNS TO SIDE FROM EXTENDED LATERAL POSITION. PECTORALIS MAJOR, MEDICAL PECTORAL NERVE, MEDIAL HALF OF CLAVICLE

SHOULDER EXTERNAL/LATERAL ROTATION

ELBOW TO 90DEG, TURN EXTERNALLY. TERES MINOR, AXILLARY NERVE, INSERTS INTO GREATER TUBERCULE OF HUMERUS

SHOULDER INTERNAL/MEDIAL ROTATION

FLEX ELBOW TO 90DEG, TURN AGAINST SIDE INTERNALLY. TERES MAJOR, SUBSACPULAR NERVE, ORIGINATES FROM INFERIOR ANGLE OF SCAPULA

ELBOW FLEXION

BRING HAND TO SHOULDER. BICEPS BRACHII LONG HEAD, MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE, INSERTS DISTALLY INTO RADIAL TUBEROSITY

ELBOW EXTENSION

RETURN TO ANATOMICAL POSITION FROM FLEXED. LONG HEAD OF TRICEPS BRACHII, RADIAL NERVE, INSERTS INTO OLECRANON PROCESS OF ULNA

WRIST FLEXION

FLEX WRIST DOWN TOWARDS ARM. FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS, ULNAR NERVE, ATTACHES TO MEDICAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

WRIST EXTENSION

FLEX WRIST UP. EXTENSOR DIGITORUM, RADIAL NERVE, LATERAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

ULNAR DEVIATION/WRIST ADDUCTION

HAND BENDS TOWARDS MIDLINE IN ANATOMICAL POSITION. FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS, ULNAR NERVE, ORIGINATES FROM MEDICAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

RADIAL DEVIATION/WRIST ABDUCTION

HAND BENDS AWAY FROM MIDLINE. FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS, MEDIAN NERVE, ORIGINATES FROM MEDICAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

THUMB OPPOSITION

TOUCH TIP OF THUMB TO TIPS OF OTHER FINGERS. OPPENS POLLICIS, MEDIAL NERVE, ATTACHES TO LATERAL SIDE OF 1ST METACARPAL (THUMB)

THUMB ABDUCTION

PUT ALL FINGERS TOGETHER AND MOVE THUMB AWAY FROM BODY LATERALLY. ADDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS, RADIAL NERVE, INSERTS INTO BASE OF 1ST METACARPAL AND TRAPEZIUM BONE

THUMB ADDUCTION

MOVE THUMB OVER PALM. ADDUCTOR POLLICIS, ULNAR NERVE, MEDIAL BASE OF PROXIMAL PHALANX 1

THUMB EXTENSION

EXTEND THUMB AWAY FROM OTHER FINGERS. EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS, RADIAL NERVE, ATTACHES TO BASE OF DISTAL PHALANX OF THUMB (TIP OF THUMB)

THUMB FLEXION

MOVE THUMB INWARDS AND OVER PALM. FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS, MEDIAN NERVE, ATTACHES TO BASE OF DISTAL PHALANX OF THUMB ON PALMAR SURFACE

THUMB KNUCKLE/METACARPOPHALANGEAL FLEXION

BEND THUMB AT KNUCKLE. FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS, MEDIAN NERVE, ATTACHES TO BASE OF DISTAL PHALANX OF THUMB ON PALMAR SURFACE

THUMB KNUCKLE/METACARPOPHALANGEAL EXTENSION

STRAIGHTEN THE THUMB KNUCKLE. EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS, RADIAL NERVE, BASE OF DISTAL PHALANX OF THUMB (TIP OF THUMB)

METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS 2-5 FLEXION

BEND DIGITS 2-5 AT KNUCKLE. FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS, MEDIAN NERVE, ORIGINATES FROM MEDICAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS 2-5 EXTENSION

STRAIGHTEN KNUCKLES DIGITS 2-5. EXTENSOR DIGITORUM. RADIAL NERVE. ATTACHES TO LATERAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

NECK FLEXION

CHIN TOWARDS CHEST. STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE, SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE, ATTACHES TO MASTOID PROCESS OF TEMPORAL BONE

NECK EXTENSION

TILT HEAD BACK TO LOOK UPWARDS. (UPPER) TRAPEZIUS, SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE, OCCIPITAL BONE OF SKULL

NECK ROTATION

MOVE NECK TO EITHER SIDE. STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID, SPINAL ACCESSORY, ATTACHES TO MASTOID PROCESS OF TEMPORAL BONE

NECK LATERAL FLEXION

BEND NECK TO THE SIDE, BRINGING EAR TO SHOULDER. STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE, ATTACHES TO MASTOID PROCESS OF TEMPORAL BONE

TORSO/TRUNK FLEXION

ROUND THE BACK REACHING DOWN. INTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUES, INTERCOSTAL NERVES, ILIAC/PUBIC CREST

TORSO EXTENSION

ARCH UPPER BODY BACKWARD USING LOWER BACK. ERECTOR SPINAE (OR INDIVIDUAL NAME SPINALIS CAPITIS MUSCLES), POSTERIOR RAMI OF SPINAL NERVES, INSERT INTO MIDLINE OF OCCIPITAL BONE

TORSO ROTATION

TWIST UPPER BODY AROUND. INTERNAL AB OBLIQUES, INTERCOSTAL NERVES, ILIAC/PUBIC CREST

TORSO LATERAL FLEXION

BEND TRUNK TO ONE SIDE, RIB CAGE CLOSE TO HIP, INT. AB OBLIQUES, INTERCOSTAL NERVES, ILIAC/PUBIC CREST

SCAPULAR PROTRACTION/ABDUCTION

PUSH SHOULDER BLADES OUT LATERALLY. PECTORALIS MINOR, MEDICAL PECTORAL NERVE, INSERTS INTO CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA

SCAPULAR RETRACTION/ADDUCTION

PUSH SHOULDER BLADES INWARDS. TRAPEZIUS, SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE, OCCIPITAL BONE OF SKULL

SCAPULAR ELEVATION

BRING SHOULDERS UP. UPPER TRAPEZIUS, SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE, OCCIPITAL BONE OF SKULL

PALPATE SPINE OF SCAPULA

RIDGE OF BONE RUNNING HORIZATONALLY ACROSS UPPER BACK OF SHOULDER BLADE, EQUIVALENT TO T3

PALPATE ACROMION PROCESS OF SCAPULA

TRACE LATERAL TIP OF COLLARBONE OUTWARDS TOWARDS BONY FLAT TOP OF SHOULDER

PALPATE GREATER TUBERCULE OF HUMERUS

PALPABLE AT POSTEROLATERAL ASPECT OF SHOULDER

PALPATE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

FLEX ELBOW TO 90 DEG, FEEL PROMINENT BONY BUMP ON MEDIAL SIDE OF DISTAL HUMERUS

PALPATE LATERAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS

FLEX ELBOW TO 90DEG FEEL FOR PROMINENT BONY BUMP ON LATERAL SIDE

PALPATE OLECRANON OF ULNA (TRICEPS BRACHII ATTACHMENT SITE)

LARGE BONY PROJECTION ON BACK OF ELBOW

PALPATE STYLOID PROCESS OF ULNA

MEDIAL WRIST BUMP

PALPATE STYLOID PROCESS OF RADIUS

LATERAL WRIST BUMP

PALPATE METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS

KNUCKLES 1ST=THUMB 2-5 FOLLOWING DIGITS

PALPATE SPINOUS PROCESS OF VERTEBRAE

BUMP RUNNING DOWN MIDLINE OF THE BACK